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MountainWest RubyConf 2013 Devs and Depression by Greg Baugues

Confreaks · 34.4K views · 2013-04-30 · 27:33

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Overview

Greg Baugues tells his story of living with bipolar II and ADHD as a developer at a Ruby conference. He urges openness about mental illness and explains how to get help and support colleagues.

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Repeatedly recommended in mental health threads for its honest storytelling that resonates with developers.

Recommended by 7 HN people across 7 months · HN mentions 2013–2020

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Mental health & neurodiversitySoftware practice, open source & careers
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29athrowaway · 2020-05 · Strong recommendation

I recommend this talk about depression and software developers: [VIDEO] There are newer versions of this talk, but I think this one has the most powerful storytelling.

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rbshadel · 2014-11 · Strong recommendation

Here's a great talk by Greg Baugues in which he discusses his own mental illness (bipolar type II and ADHD) and notes that often there is a fine line between a symptom of depression/mental illness and a trait of a successful developer: [VIDEO]

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samuraiseoul · 2019-10 · Recommendation

I think it's worth looking into for sure. I ran across this when I was suffering from some depression and was trying to see how other devs deal with it. [VIDEO] It's a talk about Bipolar Type II which doesn't have the same kind of full blown manic episodes as regular bipolar type I has. It has hypomanic episodes that are not often reported to the doctor because they seem like happiness or something good, or a sudden drive to do something productive. I've been getting looked at for it myself now and normal depression meds(SSRIs) can actually negatively effect it. It may be worth looking at OP!

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